"Marca Anconitana", Ortelius/Marchetti
Subject: Eastern Italy
Period: 1598 (published)
Publication: Il Theatro del Mondo
Color: Hand Color
Size:
4 x 2.8 inches
10.2 x 7.1 cm
A rare miniature map of the Marche region in Italy, with the coastline centered on Ancona, and the Appennino Mountains to the west. Pietro Maria Marchetti produced the second pocket atlas based on Abraham Ortelius' folio Theatrum. It is often referred to as the plagiarized version of the Epitome. The copper plates are closely copied from those of Philip Galle's 1593 Italian edition. On a full sheet of Italian text (5.5 x 7.5").
References: King (2nd Edition) pp. 78-79.
Condition: A
On watermarked paper with show-through of text on verso and marginal soiling.
